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Post by Troy W. on Sept 23, 2019 9:54:32 GMT -5
About 150,000 Britons have had their travel plans thrown into disarray after the collapse of Thomas Cook, leading to chaos in airports and hotels. The 178-year-old travel giant has cancelled all its flights, leading the government to initiate its biggest repatriation effort since the Second World War. A rescue fleet has been scrambled to bring back holidaymakers stuck overseas. Codenamed Operation Matterhorn, dozens of charter planes, from as far afield as Malaysia, have been hired to fly customers home free of charge. The company’s 21,000 employees — around 9,000 of whom are UK-based — have lost their jobs, with 600,000 people worldwide having their travel plans disrupted. Thomas Cook collapsed into liquidation overnight , a failure that consigns the most iconic name in world travel to the annals of history. Read Full Story Here
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Post by serge on Sept 23, 2019 12:08:56 GMT -5
Bad moment for airlines everywhere , few days ago , two french airlines, Aiglazure and XL, collapsed in France too.
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